It is a personal choice to decide on whether to continue standing or not. That is the "power" that the LBS has that they often don't realize they truly have it until much later.
I echo what Mirage said ^^ as a former MLCer. I've posted elsewhere that I feel lucky to have come out to the other side. In reading Mirage's posting, I take it that he wanted to counsel Matt to be 'realistic' when it comes to the MLC thinggammy.
